We knew the staircase had a few problems when we bought the house. We did not realize it would turn out to be an unrelenting quagmire that would stall all of our progress for months while sucking both our money AND our will to live.

Here’s what it looked like to begin with–

The view of the staircase and radiator cover (covered in construction dust, but you get the idea):

View of the stairs, radiator, door and closet:

View of the stairs and door into the kitchen:

View up the stairs:

Additional original stair view:

Original post which is cool, but turned out to be broken (see the top) as well as hollow. Wah wuh.